Staff guides: Canvas LMS
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User guides
Administration of the LMS
Announcements
Assignments
- Anonymous grading
- Assessment literacy tool
- FeedbackFruits in the LMS
- How do I add an assignment group?
- How do I create an assignment?
- How do I create a peer review assignment?
- How do I create rules for an assignment group?
- How do I submit assignment on behalf of students in Gradebook?
- How do I use SpeedGrader?
- How do I weight the final grade based on assignment groups?
- Turnitin AI Writing Detection Tool advice for staff (staff only)
- Turnitin assignments and Similarity Reports
- Turnitin Similarity Reports for non-graduate research students (staff only)
- Video assignments
- What assignment types can I create?
Calendar
Communication and collaboration
- Blogs in the LMS
- How do I create a Microsoft Office 365 collaboration as an instructor?
- How do I use the Inbox?
- Journals in the LMS
- Wikis in the LMS
- Working with collaborative documents in Canvas LMS
Communities
Discussion
- Discussion and chat tools for teaching and learning
- How do I assign a graded discussion?
- How do I create a discussion?
Editing and managing content
- Banner tool user guide
- Copyright and the LMS
- Copyright guidelines for using published materials in LMS activities
- Creating accessible subjects in the LMS
- H5P in the LMS
- How do I add and modify text?
- How do I create hyperlinks to course content?
- How do I manage alt text and display options for images embedded?
- How do I upload a document?
- How do I use the HTML view?
- How do I use the Math Editor?
- Reducing file size
- SCORM in Canvas
Exam support
- Communicating exam details to your students
- Importing the academic integrity module from Commons into your subject
- Setting up practice digital exams
Global navigation
- How do I use the Dashboard?
- How do I use the To Do list and sidebar in the Dashboard?
- How do I view all my subjects?
Gradebook
- Gradebook - Preparing and exporting results for StudentOne
- Grade Posting Policy in the Gradebook
- How do I enter and edit grades in the Gradebook?
- How do I hide or display grades for a Subject?
- How do I create and manage Gradebook filters?
- How do I view assignments or students individually in the Gradebook?
- Managing online marking for digital exams
Groups
- Bulk Group Membership tool
- How do I add a group set in a subject?
- How do I allow students to create their own student groups?
- How do I automatically assign students to groups?
- How do I manually assign students to groups?
- How do I move a student into a different group?
- How do I view content and student activity within a group?
Home page
- Banner tool user guide
- How do I manage subject navigation links?
- How do I publish a subject?
- How do I show recent announcements in the subject home page?
- How do I use the subject Activity Stream?
- How do I use the subject home page?
Mobile app
Modules
- How do I add a module?
- How do I add assignment types, pages, and files as module items?
- How do I add prerequisites to a module?
- How do I add requirements to a module?
- Modules guides
- Office 365 resources within Modules
New analytics
Quizzes
- Copying quizzes to other LMS subjects
- How do I create a question bank in a subject?
- How do I create a quiz by finding questions in a question bank?
- How do I import a question bank from one subject to another?
- How do I import questions from Microsoft Word to a Canvas Quiz?
- How do I view practice quiz results in a subject?
- How do I view a quiz log for a student?
- How do I view student results in a quiz?
- Import Quiz Content tool guide
- Once I publish a quiz, how do I make additional changes?
- Once I publish a quiz, what kinds of quiz statistics are available?
- Question types
- Quiz to Turnitin tool
- What quiz types can I create in a subject?
Rubrics
- How do I add a rubric to an assignment?
- How do I add a rubric to a graded discussion?
- How do I add a rubric to a quiz?
- How do I manage rubrics in a subject?
SpeedGrader
- How do I enter and edit grades in SpeedGrader?
- How do I grade group assignments in SpeedGrader?
- How do I use SpeedGrader?
- How do I view the details of a submission for a student in SpeedGrader?